tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post2374515324910516913..comments2023-12-16T05:27:05.041-06:00Comments on mexpatriate — in the key of steve: odds and endsSteve Cottonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-89157699937503973332008-08-05T00:37:00.000-05:002008-08-05T00:37:00.000-05:00We will miss seeing you on Saturday. I am startin...We will miss seeing you on Saturday. I am starting to think this blog is a form of therapy -- a way to let me keep thinking about the move until I retire. And that day is getting closer. The Salem house is going to be the next issue I have to face.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-27648475949989702072008-08-05T00:28:00.000-05:002008-08-05T00:28:00.000-05:00I would love to make the Tebo luncheon but can't g...I would love to make the Tebo luncheon but can't get away this weekend. I read your blogs everyday. Guess my life isn't too exciting as first thing each morning I check for your next blog!! You are doing a great job thinking through each step. However, you might want to just jump in and get your feet wet. You will learn a lot about yourself and have some fun in the process. Keep your home in Oregon. Down the road it will look pretty good. This way you can have the best of two worlds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-74847381676543751262008-08-03T15:13:00.000-05:002008-08-03T15:13:00.000-05:00Anonymous -- Darrel and I will talk. Are you comi...Anonymous -- Darrel and I will talk. Are you coming over for the Tebo's luncheon next Saturday?<BR/><BR/>Hollito -- I like "fine" dining now and then. However, restaurants everywhere tend to be true class dividers. "Segregation" was not the right word. No one is excluded by ethicity. But prices make a difference. I have a friend from Blackpool who thinks people are daft to spend more than $5 for a meal. As for Zihua -- just too hot for me.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-76356838584504398662008-08-03T13:37:00.000-05:002008-08-03T13:37:00.000-05:00Steve,I experienced the same regarding restaurants...Steve,<BR/><BR/>I experienced the same regarding restaurants. No matter if it was in Greece, Portugal or Spain - or Mexico. In Greece, on the island of Karpathos, we left all the tourist traps in the harbour behind and went away from the water a few hundred steps. Found a small restaurant with only greece people, and had an excellent meal at a very low price.<BR/>The most hilarious thing happend a few years back, when my wife and me stayed in Ixtapa. We went to the marina and had dinner in a fancy italian restaurant. I was the only German there, my wife the only Mexican. ;-)The other guests all were "gringos". The food was nice, but we both were still hungry when we left. And the price was beyond good and bad. I think something like 60 Euros (!)...anyway, all this "fine cuisine" thing is definitely not for me.<BR/>Next day we took the bus and drove down to Zihuatanejo. Found a nice restaurant there in a side-street. Only Mexicans there. Had a wonderful meal and paid 1/10 (!) of what we paid in Ixtapa. :-)<BR/>We liked Zihua so much that we stayed there for a few days the last time we were in MX. Maybe this could be a destination that would be interesting for you?Hollitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536803143246476262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-19654277429531975552008-08-02T17:22:00.000-05:002008-08-02T17:22:00.000-05:00Steve, you need to talk to your brother about usi...Steve, you need to talk to your brother about using Regenicare on a regular basis. There is no need for joint pain. Regenicare can and will repair the damaged tissue in your joints. The protectin in Regenicare works great on the inflammation in your joints. For it to work you must take it on a regular and consistent basis. I read your blog each day. I enjoy it very much. I have traveled for about 30 years to Mexico. The longest we have stayed there is about 4 months during the winter. It is a great place to visit but it does make you realize what a wonderful country you live in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-29617574559703656422008-08-02T15:11:00.000-05:002008-08-02T15:11:00.000-05:00Teresa -- The croc sign is on the beach in front o...Teresa -- The croc sign is on the beach in front of the laguna just east of Villa Obregon.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-44654456439035608752008-08-02T14:35:00.000-05:002008-08-02T14:35:00.000-05:00Brenda -- I am certain there must be places less ...Brenda -- I am certain there must be places less expensive than where I shopped. If not, my grocery bill (just for me) is easily going to run $300 a month -- just about what it costs in the States. And Melaque is not a gringo tourist town -- it is a Mexican tourist town. I must be doing something wrong. But all of that can be fixed.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-59224568271848989592008-08-02T14:23:00.000-05:002008-08-02T14:23:00.000-05:00Here a nice shrimp dinner will cost from around 80...Here a nice shrimp dinner will cost from around 80-120 pesos. These are the places we go to on birthdays and anniversarys. The "normal" places we go the entrees vary from around 45-60 pesos. A ham and cheese torta with all the fixings is 18 pesos, 2shrimp tacos with lots of shrimp are 12 pesos. Lots of good, cheap food here for menos dollars if your cholesterol can stand it.<BR/>Not sure what Special K is here. I think 2 liters of fresh milk is 11 pesos, 2 liters of Coke is 13 pesos from the corner store which is about 1 peso higher than the grocery store. We have a variety of sizes of stores here from the mom and pop corner stores, mini markets, to large grocery stores such as VH, Soriana and Ley so we have more options.<BR/>You will see lots of situations down here that would not pass the safety regulations up north and there are also corresponding accidents.Brenda Maashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03451724306271286173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-86798508575682095202008-08-02T13:22:00.000-05:002008-08-02T13:22:00.000-05:00Theresa -- Foods appaer to be a bit more expensiv...Theresa -- Foods appaer to be a bit more expensive in melaque than I expected. When I move there, I will have to do my Shopping Thing. Coke Light is my drink. In the States, it seems inexpensive to me because I buy it in bulk when it is on sale. I will just need to learn how to shop more intelligently.<BR/><BR/>Teresa -- The boats in La Manzanilla do the same thing. And they need to do it to beach the boat above the surf line. This was the first time I saw them race through the swimmers, however.<BR/><BR/>Jennifer -- Your point is a good one. Drawing conclusions from skin hue is as silly in Mexico as it is in America. However, I got the information from my waiter. He said that the customers were usually torists or part-time residents. I should remember Juan Calypso's refrain, though, that residents are not guests.Steve Cottonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00468378507171761868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-1507246854664821732008-08-01T21:08:00.000-05:002008-08-01T21:08:00.000-05:00"The point is that when you live somewhere, you st..."The point is that when you live somewhere, you stop eating like a tourist in expensive restaurants -- until the friends arrive and need to be entertained."<BR/><BR/>Not necessarily. If fine dining was part of your social life back in the Old Country, it may continue to be part of it in Mexico. Be careful about generalizing that restaurant patrons at nice places aren't Mexican. Unless you card each one of them, you never can be sure.jennifer rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06285568306915329954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-61198988183186634202008-08-01T14:12:00.000-05:002008-08-01T14:12:00.000-05:00hi steve,i remember the boats doing the same thing...hi steve,<BR/><BR/>i remember the boats doing the same thing in sayulita. as you said, it's just a daily occurrence. oh, you must have burned to a crisp without your hat on during your walk. hopefully you had put on some suntan lotion. what a cute kitty-i love cats. now, where was the cocodrilo sign?<BR/><BR/>have a great weekend!<BR/>teresa f.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2289482511228853984.post-60834333389765589852008-08-01T13:24:00.000-05:002008-08-01T13:24:00.000-05:00I think your area is expensive, Merida is more exp...I think your area is expensive, Merida is more expensive than most places but your prices seemed high. A liter of whole milk in a box,not fresh is about $11.00, fresh in a plastic bag is less. I don't eat Special K but I am assuming $40.00 (because that seems to be what boxed cereal costs), oatmeal by the way is $22.00 a kilo. I think cokes (I don't drink them) are about $8. each. So $75 pesos. I think the sodas are cheaper in Costco, but I never acquired the soda habit (thank goodness).Now, the cereal really isn't that bad because you aren't going to eat the whole box in one sitting. Oh, if you buy eggs in the tienda across the street they are $1.50 each. <BR/>regards,<BR/>TheresaTheresa in Mèridahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17217945138741786373noreply@blogger.com